Former Odessa resident is promoted to WSP lieutenant

Tim Coley, son of former Lincoln County Sheriff John Coley and his wife Kathy of Davenport, was promoted June 1 to lieutenant with the Washington State Patrol.

Hired in 2000 after completing a degree in English at Washington State University, he was commissioned and served as a trooper in Ritzville beginning in March 2002. While working out of Ritzville, he was a resident of Odessa, where he also did substitute teaching on his days off. In July 2007, he was promoted to sergeant and assigned to Bellingham.

He served as a detective sergeant in Internal Affairs and at the WSP Academy in Shelton before his promotion. A favorite of Davenport Theatrical audiences, Coley serves as vocalist for the WSP Honor Guard and is currently assigned to the Commercial Vehicle Division Headquarters in Olympia, where he is assistant commander in charge of compliance review and new entry programs.